The boys put in fine performances but sadly the script lacks the depth of what could have been a challenging story.
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10/15/07
School Ties (1992)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:22
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: David Greene a good student and a great football player has been given the chance he has always hoped for, a prep boarding school education. A working class Jewish teenager he knows this... [More]
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell, Andrew Lowery, Matt Damon
Director: Robert Mandel
Reviews for School Ties
Top CriticFraser, O'Donnell, Damon and Affleck would all go on to have much hyped careers, and occasionally make better films than this overbearingly worthy classroom drama.
10/15/07
Top CriticMore notable perhaps for a roster of future stars and Oscar winners than for its unexceptional plot, this well executed film nevertheless has its charms.
06/24/06
Top CriticIn the real world, it's more likely that Greene's working-class background would work harder against his acceptance at a snooty prep school than his religious beliefs, but School Ties largely ignores this angle.
10/15/07
Top CriticThis is a bewildering mixture of fairly accomplished storytelling, awkward contrivances in the script, and lies in the overall conception so egregious they undercut any pretensions the film might have to social seriousness.
10/15/07
Though well-intentioned as a message picture, the film is too schematic and predictable, and ultimately may be more significant in featuring a new cohort of actors, including Brandon Frazer, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, and others.
10/01/06
No review available.
07/11/05
Well-intentioned (and only occasionally mawkish) tale of college-boy anti-semitism.
04/03/05
No review available.
01/19/05
No review available.
07/07/04
No review available.
02/20/04
No review available.
12/02/03
Sensível e envolvente, o filme aborda o anti-semitismo (e o preconceito, de forma geral) através de uma história simples, mas eficaz. É surpreendente como Brendan Fraser pode ser um ótimo ator, quando assim deseja.
09/08/03
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
05/30/03
School Ties has a leafy, genteel look that is somehow less than convincing, perhaps because the hairdos are too tidy and the resemblances to other prep-school stories too clear.
05/20/03
Top CriticA solid movie about anti-semitism that is most noteworthy because of it's now famous cast.
05/02/03
...works due mostly to some fine performances and a well-paced script.
02/16/03
No review available.
02/13/03
No review available.
12/05/02
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